Stroke of “Genius”

(Everyone knows, you’re only as pretty as you feel, am I right? Think on these things.)

-Now, it’s fairly certain Biden is taking care of himself. Exercise, watches his diet. Ice cream. Delegates authority. Massive teams with decades of experience and expertise do the heavy lifting.

But the other guy? The walking nuclear meltdown? Not so much.

The campaign, the trials, the constant travel, public appearances, sleepless schedule, more plain flights- all must take a toll on the supposed front runner.

76 years old, overweight, nearly died of Covid… Blowing a gasket publicly for years without sleep, probably on steroids, who knows what else?

Reminds me of President Wilson’s final campaign.

Woodrow Wilson toured the western states by train in 1919 to campaign for the League of Nations- and it destroyed his health. He was probably predisposed to stroke:

“The tour’s intense schedule—8,000 miles in 22 days—cost Wilson his health. During the tour he suffered constant headaches and, in late September, collapsed from exhaustion in Pueblo, Colorado. He managed to return to Washington, but suffered a near-fatal stroke on October 2. He recovered and continued to advocate passage of the covenant, but the stroke and Republican Warren Harding’s election to the presidency in 1921 effectively ended his campaign.”- History Channel blurb

My favorite psychic readers are predicting Hair Guy might run out of steam by October due to some lifestyle choices and the ghost of Fred lashing him forward.

Sad.

Ok, who’s next?

How about Warren G Harding?

Now, as I said, Biden takes pretty good care of himself. The other guy, not so much.

We know the other guy, the insurrection one, is making whistle stops in the dead of winter in an interlocking schedule of contentious court cases where he’s yelling at the judge and no hours of prolonged rest.

So. Predictions?

You’re 76, your corpulent, your joints are stiff, your extremities are numb, you can’t stop yelling, and your stay up all night shadow boxing and tilting at windmills on the internet.

Stroke? Long Covid? Steroids? Mood enhancers? Super-hormone growth formulas bought from Republican hucksters? All the above.

Turn back the page, one hundred years ago, President Warren G Harding.

“Harding hadn’t been in good health when he took off for a West Coast tour that some people saw as a step in laying the groundwork for a 1924 re-election campaign.

Witnesses said Harding didn’t look well during the trip, and that he may have suffered a bout with food poisoning after eating seafood. Harding’s doctors were concerned enough about his health to divert his train to San Francisco. Harding was able to walk off the train into a limousine, which took him to the Palace Hotel.” Then. Dead. Heart attack.

Well. Let’s see who can use court appearances and rallies as a substitute for sleep.

Tick. Tick. Tick. Like the energizer bunny!

How about LBJ? Had his first heart attack at 47. The currrnt contender in the lack of sleep marathon is old enough to be his dad.

President Johnson:

“He was one of the hardest-working presidents ever and could have lived much longer if he had changed the lifestyle factors that caused his first heart attack at age 47. He had 20-hour work days, was always sleep deprived, chain-smoked, drank excessive amounts of alcohol, was overweight and did not exercise. He had eaten hamburgers and fried foods virtually every day, loved sugary desserts such as tapioca pudding, and almost never ate vegetables.”
Villages News, FLA

Sound familiar?

So I do work in the medical profession, albeit on the lowest rung. I’d give the former guy some pro advice:

Sir sir!: Keep on! You’re doing fantastic! Everybody is saying so. There’s never been a campaign like this!

Who’s next?

Eisenhower. On the golf course.

“Eisenhower’s myocardial infarction began on Friday, September 23, 1955, while he was playing golf in Denver. At first, he attributed his discomfort to the hamburger he’d had for lunch. He went back to the house where he was a guest, continued to have what he thought was intermittent “indigestion,” then awoke around 2 a.m. with severe chest pain. His wife, Mamie, called Eisenhower’s personal physician, who arrived about 3 a.m.”

Yes- though he is not actually the president of the United States but a Pretender, he is vying for a place in some journals of medicine.

If he’s keeps this up, supporters may have to stop by during visiting hours and tap on the glass. An aide will assist with the famous “thumb’s up.”

Too cruel? (For a man devoted to destroying health care?) Perhaps you’re right. Answer the call bell quickly quickly.

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